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Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- List Of Figures And Maps -- Figures -- Maps -- Maps -- 1. Introduction -- The Fragmentation Of East Central Europe -- Historical And Historiographical Views On Fragmentation -- Territory, Economy, And Population -- 2. A Future Not As Gloomy As It Seems: Promoting Integration, Accepting Fragmentation -- German Central Europe And Russia's 'small Nationalities' -- The Regency Kingdom Of Poland -- Networks Of Mitteleuropa -- The Viability Of A Baltic-german State -- The Lost War For Integration Representing The New States -- Anti-bolshevik, Anti-german, And Anti-semitic? -- Conclusion -- 3. Who We Are, What We Do, And How Many Of Us? Repatriates, Refugees, And Citizenship -- Harnessing Displacement, Resettling The East -- Repatriation After Brest-litovsk -- Expulsion, Expropriation, And Colonization -- Minority Protection, Democracy, And Citizenship -- The League Of Nations And The Internationalization Of The Minority Question -- Conclusion -- 4. Yet Another Wire Entanglement: Borders And Territory -- 'half-faded Inscriptions': Integrating And Fragmenting East Central Europe The New Borders Of East Central Europe -- The Vilnius Region And Upper Silesia -- Hypertrophies And Hinterlands -- Fragmentation And Federation -- Conclusion -- 5. Dig Peat! Commercial Empowerment And Foreign Exploitation -- Power And Monopolies -- Colluding And Competing-british And German Trade With East Central Europe -- Foreign Capital Against National Sovereignty -- Constructing A National Merchant Class -- Private Trade With 'small States' -- Enslavement Or Immeasurable Riches: The Promises Of Transit Trade -- Conclusion 6. Awakening The Hinterland: Statism, Infrastructure, And Access To The Sea -- Monopolism And Cooperatism -- Liberalism Versus Statism -- Poland's Access To The Sea -- Lithuania's Access To The Sea -- Maritime Nations -- East Prussia: A Hinterland Without A Hinterland -- Conclusion -- 7. The Land